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SelectingSuper finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Stephen Quartermain. The finalists for this year are: Fund of the Year AustralianSuper Cbus Hostplus IOOF Sunsuper UniSuper SMSF Administrator of the Year AMP SMSF Solutions BT Panorama Heffron SuperGuardian Asset Consultant of the Year Frontier Advisors ...

Perpetual trustee business wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... regulated banks, making it difficult for non-bank investors to access. There was significant interest in the IPO from retail and SMSF investors. This highlights their appetite to gain access to a listed, fixed income product, which is a vital component ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... profit-to-member governance framework, AIST launched a governance code mandatory for member funds from 1 July 2018. Separately, SMSF Association chief John Maroney recently told a Senate Committee employees have the fundamental right to choose their ...

Powerwrap names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... product the Powerwrap platform can lead the expansion into global SMAs," he said. "All Australian investors, particularly SMSF investors, are significantly underweight in global equities. Powerwrap can be the destination platform for the best global ...

SMSFs narrow performance gap: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... MySuper options by a narrow margin in the 12 months to August, the latest Rainmaker SuperGuard 360 report shows. The SG360 SMSF reference index, which measures the post-fee investment return of SMSF trustees, delivered slightly lower returns (7.4% pa) ...

Why advisers should revisit death benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... certainty of desired outcomes when using lapsing or non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations or some other variation such as SMSF trust deed clauses, he added.

SuperConcepts chief joins Macrovue board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... joined Macrovue's board. Fenech said: "I'm looking forward to working closely with Sid and the team, especially given that SMSF investors are heavily exposed to equity portfolios. As an online investment platform Macrovue makes it easy to invest in both ...

Traditional funds too apathetic to super start-ups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... leadership roles with Telstra Super and HESTA - said super funds are also under increased pressure to engage their members as the SMSF market grows. This growth is reflective of Australians wanting greater control over their investments, with the buzz ...

Advisers flock to non-insto licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  SUNDAY, 1 OCT 2017
... Wealth Management and Hunter Green. Overall, the largest licensees are AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial Planning, SMSF Advisers Network, Commonwealth Financial Planning, Count Financial, Westpac, GWM Adviser Services, Morgans Financial, NAB ...

More time needed for TBAR transition: SMSFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
The SMSF Association is calling on the Australian Taxation Office to give SMSF trustees more time to adjust to the new Transfer Balance Account Report requirements, echoing member sentiment. In its submission to the ATO's Transfer Balance Cap and SMSF ...